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ASV 1901 < < Nehemiah 5 > > KJV 1769

1 The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the usurers, and causeth them to make a covenant of restitution. 14 He forbeareth his own allowance, and keepeth hospitality.

5:1 ¶
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

5:1 ¶
And there wasº
a greatº
cryº
of the peopleº
and of their wivesº
againstº
their brethrenº
the Jews.º

5:2
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

5:2
For there wereº
thatº
said,ºº
We,º
our sons,º
and our daughters,º
[are] many:º
therefore we take upºº
cornº
[for them], that we may eat,ºº
and live.ºº

5:3
Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

5:3
[Some] also there wereº
thatº
said,ºº
Weº
have mortgagedºº
our lands,º
vineyards,º
and houses,º
that we might buyºº
corn,º
because of the dearth.º

5:4
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

5:4
There wereº
also thatº
said,ºº
We have borrowedºº
moneyº
for the king'sº
tribute,º
[and that upon] our landsº
and vineyards.º

5:5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

5:6 ¶
And I was veryº
angryºº
whenº
I heardººº
their cryº
and theseº
words.º

5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

5:7
Then I consultedºº
withº
myself,º
and I rebukedººº
the nobles,º
and the rulers,º
and saidºº
unto them, Yeº
exactººººººº
usury,º
every oneº
of his brother.º
And I setºº
a greatº
assemblyº
againstº
them.

5:8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

5:8
And I saidºº
unto them, Weº
after our abilityº
have redeemedººº
our brethrenº
the Jews,º
which were soldºº
unto the heathen;º
and will yeº
evenº
sellººº
your brethren?º
or shall they be soldºº
unto us? Then held they their peace,ºº
and foundºº
nothingºº
[to answer].

5:9
Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

5:9
Also I said,ºº
It [is] notº
goodºº
thatºº
yeº
do:ºº
ought ye notº
to walkººº
in the fearº
of our Godº
because of the reproachºº
of the heathenº
our enemies?ºº

5:10
And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

5:11
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

5:11
Restore,ºº
I prayº
you, to them, even this day,º
their lands,º
their vineyards,º
their oliveyards,º
and their houses,º
also the hundredthº
[part] of the money,º
and of the corn,º
the wine,º
and the oil,º
thatº
yeº
exactºº
of them.

5:12
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

5:12
Then saidºº
they, We will restoreºº
[them], and will requireºº
nothingº
ofº
them; soº
will we doºº
asº
thouº
sayest.ºº
Then I calledººº
the priests,º
and took an oathºº
of them, that they should doºº
according to thisº
promise.º

5:13
Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

5:13
Alsoº
I shookºº
my lap,º
and said,ºº
Soº
Godº
shake outººº
everyº
manº
from his house,ºº
and from his labour,ºº
thatº
performethºº
notºº
thisº
promise,º
even thusº
beº
he shaken out,ºº
and emptied.º
And allº
the congregationº
said,ºº
Amen,º
and praisedººº
the LORD.º
And the peopleº
didºº
according to thisº
promise.º

5:14 ¶
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

5:14 ¶
Moreoverº
from the timeºº
thatº
I was appointedºº
to beº
their governorº
in the landº
of Judah,º
from the twentiethº
yearºº
even untoº
the twoº
and thirtiethº
yearº
of Artaxerxesº
the king,º
[that is], twelveºº
years,º
Iº
and my brethrenº
have notº
eatenºº
the breadº
of the governor.º

5:15
But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

5:15
But the formerº
governorsº
thatº
[had been] beforeº
me were chargeableºº
untoº
the people,º
and had takenºº
ofº
them breadº
and wine,º
besideº
fortyº
shekelsº
of silver;º
yea,º
evenº
their servantsº
bare ruleºº
overº
the people:º
but soº
didºº
notº
I,º
becauseºº
of the fearº
of God.º

5:16
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

5:16
Yea, alsoº
I continuedºº
in the workº
of thisº
wall,º
neitherº
boughtºº
we any land:º
and allº
my servantsº
[were] gatheredºº
thitherº
untoº
the work.º

5:17
Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.

5:17
Moreover [there were] atº
my tableº
an hundredº
and fiftyºº
of the Jewsº
and rulers,º
beside those that cameºº
untoº
us from amongº
the heathenº
thatº
[are] aboutº
us.º

5:18
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.